Highly Profitable Internet Business

							Dimitri Chapov
+7 (909) 903-7509
Dimitri_Chap@hotmail.com
Russian & USA citizen



Profile Highlights
 Senior Executive-Generalist, who is capable of taking on a variety of diverse multiple concurrent projects in IT,
  Business Process Management, Financial Analysis and Management, Marketing and Sales, Corporate
  Education.

 Fast-learner, not daunted by the prospects of continually having to acquire new skills and knowledge, including
  performing hands-on tasks if the status of a particular project at hand warrants the latter.

 Intellectual adaptability and superior analytical skills stemming from serious educational background in math
  and physics.

 Cultural flexibility developed through enriching international experience in a number of industries in the USA,
  Russia, Austria, the Czech Republic, Australia and India.

 Very result-oriented individual, predictably exhibiting “no-nonsense” approach to analyzing business and
  technical environments of projects, setting up realistic measurable goals and pragmatic metrics, developing
  sustainable risk-optimized project plans, tapping to available and appropriate technological, financial and –
  most importantly – human resources.

 Passion about tasks at hand. Broad interests, polymathic pursuits. Excellent motivator and good negotiator.
  High entrepreneurial spirit. Elevated sense of ethics and fairness.

 Willingness to devote years of active life to corporate or other career, should an appropriate opportunity present
  itself.


Professional Experience
                                                                                                                         2006-
  Principal                                          Sound Smart Training                               global
                                                                                                                        Current
 Industry:        Education (worldwide)


 Project /        Single-handedly developed a set of multimedia educational products (software and videos) in the field of
 Achievements     communications and English as a Second Language. Carried out a slew of trainings. Established a stable
                  optimized distribution network, including affiliates, and launched two web sites: www.anglophon.com and
                  www.Sound-Smart.com.

                  The volume of produced materials:
                       A fully blown research in the field of contrastive phonology studies
                       About 12 hours of educational and advertising video materials footage
                       About 100 articles of various length and depth
                       Multimedia main course material with approximately 200 hours of student’s self-study time

                  Bottom-Line: “Monetized” the original idea into a global, self-sustainable, no-tangible-assets, highly
                  profitable small internet business, which boasts thousands of sales ($260 average price) per annum and is
                  growing at 10-15% rate every month, and requires very limited attention and monitoring.



  Sales & Marketing Director                        Delta Inform                                       Russia       2004-2006
                Civil Engineering, Architectural Design, Construction, Contract Office Furniture, Commercial Real Estate
 Industries:
                Brokerage, Real Estate Assets Management Services (Building Management)

 Projects /     For a group of Russian companies with Canadian capital and management, in the capacity of the executive
 Duties         driver, devised and implemented a group-wide b2b Sales & Marketing Program, comprised of a number of
                projects and initiatives, and involving:
                    Organizational restructuring and formal refinement of business process management (BPM) (BPMN
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                  and UML)
                 Design, development and deployment of a web-based groupware Business Process Management
                  (BPM) IT application with very strong CRM component
                 Improving and enhancing marketing collateral materials
                 Sales and project management personnel coaching and mentoring.

              The job duties also included:
                  Supervising group-shared IT and Marketing departments (6 and 10 employees respectively)
                  Coordinating sales activities in each company of the group
                  Supervising account and sales managers of all companies (26 employees)
                  Assisting account managers with preparation of bid documents
                  Monitoring key construction projects, assisting and mentoring construction project managers
                  Supporting PR efforts: organizing sponsorship events, communicating with media (RBK TV, press.)



 Lecturer, Consultant                             PSM Consulting                                      Russia       2003-2004

Industry:     Business training in Project / Program Management methods applicable in any industry


Projects /       Delivered open and corporate training seminars to Russian clients on Project Management techniques,
Duties            based on the methodology of Project Management Institute (PMI).
                 Adapted American management training methods to the local market.
                 Performed live Russian-English / English-Russian interpretations of training sessions.



 IT Program Manager                               Caterpillar                                           USA        2000-2003

Industries:   Gas turbo-machinery manufacturing and after-market servicing


Projects /       Established and effectuated offshore IT outsourcing services between Solar Turbines (a Cat subsidiary)
Duties            and Satyam Computer Services (the third largest software house in India).

                 Supervised the work of Project Managers of a number of IT projects run on-site and offshore, the largest
                  being “Remote Monitoring and Diagnostics of Gas Turbines Worldwide” (RMD).
                  https://mysolar.cat.com/cda/files/179663/7/pr-dgtww403.pdf

                 Most other IT projects addressed various Baan-on-Oracle ERP system integration issues (document
                  management, turbine design, nomenclature and parts management, test-cell data management, etc.)

                 All IT projects were run at SEI CMM Level 5 and typically employed Rational (RUP) methodology and
                  project management software.

                 As part of the Caterpillar’s company-wide 6-Sigma initiative, I had to ensure that all IT projects were
                  coherent with 6-Sigma Quality System.



 CFO                                              Blackwood Realty                                    Russia       1998-2000

Industry:     Real Estate Brokerage


Projects /       Supervised company’s Finance and Accounting, Information Technologies, Marketing and PR (24
Duties            direct reports.)
                 Managed related projects.
                 Carried out internal IT and Financial Audits.

              Projects / Achievements Examples (in CFO capacity):

                 Design, development and rollout of Accounting System with reporting in both RAS and IFRS/GAAP
                 Pioneering (1999) Web-site launch, which secured 35% market share for about 6-8 months
                 3-fold increase in Receivables Turnover by designing and effectuation billing policy changes
                 Reorganization of business processes, which allowed the company to thrive during the crisis of 1998-99
                 Establishment of formal Risk Management procedures
                 Establishment of accurate budgeting processes in volatile market
                 Wrote “advertorials” for The Moscow Times which surged the traffic two-fold each.
                 Resolved legal and organizational issues with licensing.
                 Secured the move of the company to a new business office (on Volkhonka Street, 1999.)


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 Researcher, Business Analyst                    Vienna International Airport (ACV)                 Austria       1995-1998

Industries:   Civil Aviation, Airport Operations, Investment Banking


Projects /       Participated in developing business plans for converting large civil airports into publicly-owned self-
Duties            sustainable profitable enterprises (IPO.)
                  Built investment opportunity business cases and presented them to prospective investment bankers.

              The largest projects included:

                 Marketing plan for Bratislava M.R. Stefanik Airport (Slovakia),
                 Traffic forecast for Melbourne International Airport (Australia),
                 Accounting system for Tbilisi International Airport (Georgia),
                 Participation in master-planning for Vienna International Airport (Austria.)



 IT Director                                     AHI Group                                          Austria       1993-1995

Industry:     Real Estate Development


Projects /       From the IT perspective, supported daily operations and strategic development of company’s offices in
Duties            Austria, Germany, the Czech and Slovak Republics.

                 Managed the design, development and deployment of an accounting system which supported local statuary
                  and tax accounting reporting in Austria, Germany, the Czech and Slovak Republics, and allowed project
                  ROI analysis based on the consolidated data in Vienna’s headquarters.

                 Trained Eastern-European subsidiaries’ staff in Real Estate Development project performance evaluation
                  techniques.

                 Designed and developed an architectural design contract management application.



 Senior Computer Programmer                      STV Vienna – AHI Group                             Austria       1991-1993

Industry:     Software Development (System Programming)


Projects /    Led the development of Java–like network applications integration platform (ApliCat), including a compiler
Duties        and graphical tools (C++, Assembly.)



 Computer Programmer                             Office Insurance Systems                             USA         1990-1991

Industries:   Insurance, Software Development


Projects /    Designed, developed, tested and maintained code written in Assembly, C, and C++ according to the
Duties        management and clients’ specifications.



Education

      Applied Math and Physics at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology                       1989
      Computer Programming (Basic, C, C++, Assembler, SQL) – self study                            1989
      Finance and Accounting – self study                                                          1993
      Construction Fundamentals – Training at AHI GmbH                                             1993
      Marketing – self study                                                                       1993
      Project Management – self study                                                              1994
      Airport Operations – Training at Vienna International Airport AG                             1996
      Gas Turbines Fundamentals – Training at Solar Turbines, Inc.                                 2001
      Linguistic studies – self study                                                              2007
      E-commerce Marketing – self study                                                            2009




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